Klarinet Archive - Posting 000157.txt from 2002/04

From: Tony@-----.uk (Tony Pay)
Subj: Re: [kl] Just for curiosity's sake....
Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 16:52:15 -0500

On Wed, 03 Apr 2002 13:17:00 -0800, rjbrown@-----.edu said:

> In the book I'm currently reading, "Clarinet" by Jack Brymer, he
> makes mention of a clarinet designed by William Stubbins that used an
> "S.K. mechanism" to improve the quality of the throat Bb.

[snip]

> So, I'm curious, what ever happened to Mr. Stubbins' clarinet design?
> Does anyone make a clarinet these days with that mechanism? And if
> not, why not? It seems to me that it would solve many problems of
> voicing that Bb. Any enlightenment?

There have been several ways suggested to improve the quality of this
Bb. There is a description of the one you mention at:

http://www.sneezy.org/clarinet/Equipment/index.html

But in fact, one of the most successful is due to a member of this list,
Avrahm Galper. You can investigate Abe's modification to the Buffet
clarinet through his webpage at:

http://www.avrahm-galper.sneezy.org/

As to why there's not a great deal of activity around these
innovations...

I suppose that players have learnt to compensate for what they already
have in standard configurations.

Best,

Tony
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